Effect of iron and boron applications on growth and nutrient contents of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)

In this study effects of iron and boron on growth and nutrient contents of chickpea were investigated. The experiment was carried out according to factorial experimental design in randomized blocks with three replications in experiment fields belong Van Yüzüncü Yıl University. Three doses iron (0, 5, and 10 kg Fe da) and boron (0.0, 0.25, and 0.50 kg B da) were used. At the end of experiment it was determined that the iron applications significantly (%5/%1) affected on biological yield and N, P, K, Fe, B, Mg, Mn and Zn contents of grain and straw, while the boron applications significantly (% 5/% 1) affected of the second number of branches, number of pods, the number of pods, the number of pods and bean in the number of beans, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu and B contents of grain and straw. The highest grain and biological yield were obtained as 56.53 kg/da and 115.90 kg/da in Fe10xB0 application. It was determined that iron and boron applications did not lead yield and yield criteria while they caused significant (%1) changes in grain and straw nutrient contents.